sample from a friendNose: Ah yes, this is the stuff. Rich, typical Karuizawa. Plums, dates, dense millionare bread, cherries (bitter and sour), and varnished leather belt. Molasses and pressed orange…

sample from a friendNose: Chalky vanilla malt atop a gentle peat, really rather coastal on pebbles. Some of the lemon and freshly shaved ginger. Lightly acrid gasoline at the pump, cold pressed nut and…

sample from a friendNose: Ah, vibrant and very lively. An acoustic guitar solo (these things happen, right?) at a show on the coast. Baseline of the coastal salt, pebbles, stony sand, and seaweedy peat…

sample from a friendI remember really adoring this a year or two ago when I sampled it from a friend's bottle. Let's see how it we're viewing it now. Nose: Very curious and far darker than my recollec…

sample from a friendNose: Soft and sweetly spiced wood, and sweet sherry. On terra firma for notes, though I wonder whether the low strength is going to hurt this. Orange-cinnamon, and black salty lic…

sample from a friend.Nose: Takes a few minutes to really open up. Then it starts on a ton of spice, mince pie, a little coffee, dates. Loads of softly varnished soft (red) leather. That is, this is a…

refill sherry sample from a friendNose: Honey and a melange of ripe fruits and tropical fruits, like a light and fermented nectar. Orange wedges, clementines, mango nibs, pineapple (non-acidic), guava…

This is batch #9sample from a friendNose: Ah, refreshing and rich. Mentholated honey. Sweet, and also strongly (and strangely?) herbal. Mint, sage, and thyme. Whiffs of vanilla and caster sugar, then a…

sample from a friendNose: Light sherry. Generally on light, sweet malt. Crystallized lemon candy chews. Pith and waxy fruit. Delicate and subtle pre-ripe peach. I almost get the sense that there's pha…

sample from a friendNose: Fragrant on yellow crystallized fruit nibs. Tropical fruits on the lines of boozy pineapple sans acidity. Slight ash note and an empty, dry seasoned humidor. It's the cedar.…